Members of the Estevan Police Service were called regarding a possible impaired driver during the Aug. 31 night shift.
Police were able to locate the vehicle and started an impaired driving investigation on the motorist. The 25-year-old Estevan man was charged with impaired driving and set for court in October to answer to the charges.
The passenger was also checked and found to be breaching court-ordered conditions, and also had warrants from another jurisdiction.
The vehicle was also impounded.
No further details were released.
- While police were at the rodeo that night, they were alerted to a theft that had taken place. One of the rodeo attendees had caught a person who had been stealing items in the area. Police took the male into custody and he was lodged in cells. The matter is currently under investigation.
- Members later checked a vehicle for driver sobriety. The 37-year-old woman from Lampman provided a breath sample in a roadside screening device and a “warn” was registered. The driver was then suspended from driving for three days and the vehicle was also impounded for three days.
- Police also dealt with several alarm calls at businesses throughout the evening with one alarm being caused by an employee who had not shut the alarm off in time.
- Officers preformed several curfew checks on individuals who have been placed on court-ordered conditions. One such person was found to be breaching their conditions and was subsequently charged. They will appear in Estevan Court later in September to answer to the charge.
- The EPS received many phone calls during the Sept. 1 day shift regarding people getting phone calls from someone claiming to be with the STARS Air Ambulance. The caller claimed the phone call recipient won large sums of money and a car. The EPS would like to remind the public to be cautious of such phones calls, and urge people not to provide the caller with any personal information.
- Members were dispatched to the Estevan Exhibition Association grounds regarding a male trespassing on the exhibition’s property. He was located and charged under the Trespass to Property Act.
- Officers were dispatched to east Estevan for a possible impaired driver. The motorist was located and found to be sober. He was warned of his driving actions.
- Police had a report during the Sept. 1 night shift of a highly intoxicated male who ordered a cab, then passed out in the vehicle and did not know where he wanted to go. The male was brought to the police station where he was lodged in cells for his safety, and until he was sober.
- Police are also looking into a complaint of an assault on a cab driver. The matter is now under investigation.
